adj.1 dealing with matters with regard to their practical requirements or consequences.2 treating the facts of history with reference to their practical lessons.3 hist. of or relating to the affairs of a State.4 (also pragmatical) a concerning pragmatism. b meddlesome. c dogmatic.Phrases and idioms: pragmatic sanction hist. an imperial or royal ordinance issued as a fundamental law, esp. regarding a question of royal succession.Derivatives: pragmaticality n. pragmatically adv.Etymology: LL pragmaticus f. Gk pragmatikos f. pragma -matos deed

Quote of the day: A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. by John Barrymore

Birthday of the day: Martial; Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial) (March 1, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD), was a Latin poet from Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) best known for his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these short, witty poems he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing. He wrote a total of 1,561, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. He is considered to be the creator of the modern epigram.

Joke of the day: TEACHER: What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested? PUPILS: A teacher.

Thought of the day: Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

Fact of the day: 752 BC – Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women.